Bill Text: NY S02010 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 2010 (Prior Session Legislation)

NY State Legislature page for S02010

Introduced

Bill Title: Limits the tenure of the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority leader of the senate, minority leader of the senate, majority leader of the assembly and minority leader of the assembly to 8 years; limits the tenure of the chairman of any single legislative committee to 8 consecutive years.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S02010 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S02010-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2010
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 18, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, AMEDORE, CARLUCCI, FUNKE, GALLIVAN, HELMING,
          JACOBS,  O'MARA,  ORTT, RANZENHOFER, RITCHIE, SERINO -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Investigations and Government Operations
        AN  ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to limiting the amount
          of time any member of the legislature may serve as temporary president
          of the senate, speaker of the assembly, majority leader of the senate,
          majority leader of the assembly, minority leader of the senate, minor-
          ity leader of the assembly or chairman of a legislative committee
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The legislative law is amended by adding two new sections
     2  5-b and 5-c to read as follows:
     3    § 5-b. Limitation on tenure of temporary president, speaker and minor-
     4  ity leaders. No member of the  legislature  shall  hold  the  office  of
     5  temporary  president  of  the  senate, speaker of the assembly, majority
     6  leader of the senate, majority leader of the assembly,  minority  leader
     7  of  the  senate  or  minority leader of the assembly for more than eight
     8  years.
     9    § 5-c. Limitation on tenure  of  legislative  committee  chairman.  No
    10  member  of  the legislature shall be the chairman of any single legisla-
    11  tive committee for more than eight consecutive years.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06958-01-9